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AGE News

Older LGBTI people: how do they live through the COVID-19?
AGE took part in high-level EU discussions on COVID-19 impact on vulnerable groups
AGE and Better Finance call for post-COVID-19 measures to protect pensions
UN Secretary General calls for COVID-19 response that respects the rights and dignity of older people
AGE and EDF call for priority access to food shopping for older persons and persons with disabilities

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EU & International News

Strengthening the Health Systems Response to COVID-19 – WHO Europe publishes policy guidance on long-term care
Medicine shortages in Europe - EPHA urges for action
Living, working and COVID-19: Eurofound publishes first survey results
Have your say on reinforcing Social Europe! - EU public consultation
Digital literacy: what is missing for older persons to make the most of the Internet?

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AGE Members News

'Age in itself should never be a criterion to prohibit' – Flemish senior organisations react to new deconfinement rule in Belgium
Austrian pensioners' association warns against locking away older persons
Spanish senior organisation calls for promoting solidarity between generations as a response to COVID-19

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Press Releases

COVID-19 and care for older people: The urgent wake-up call of the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner
The COVID-19 reveals violations of older people’s human rights, new AGE report says
United Nations: 140 countries jointly call for respect of the rights and dignity of older people and global solidarity

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